Surprises (album)

}} The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars. ==Track listing==

All compositions by Herbie Mann except as indicated • "Draw Your Breaks" (Derrick Harriott, David Scott) – 4:50 • "Cajun Moon" (JJ Cale) – 6:17 • "Creepin" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:00 • "Easter Rising" (Pat Rebillot, Pat Kirby) – 4:40 • "Asa Branca" (Luiz Gonzaga, Humberto Teixeira, Divina Eulália Oliveira) – 3:55 • "The Sound of Windwood" – 2:34 • "Cricket Dance" – 4:17 • "The Butterfly in a Stone Garden" – 5:19 • "Anata (I Wish You Were Here with Me)" (Akiko Kosaka) – 3:07 ==Personnel==

• Herbie Mann – flute • Minoru Muraoka – shakuhachi (track 6) • Yosei Sato – shō (tracks 6 & 8) • David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–3) • Pat Rebillot – keyboards • Gladstone Anderson – piano (track 1) • Winston Wright – organ (track 1) • Hux Brown (track 1), Sam Brown (track 6), Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan (track 1), Jerry Friedman (tracks 2–4, 7 & 9), Bob Mann (track 3–5, 7 & 8), Hugh McCracken (track 2), Jeff Mironov (track 5) – guitar • Eriko Kuramoto, Harumi Nakamaru, Kazuko Tsubamoto – koto (tracks 6 & 8) • Somei Sasaki – shamisen (tracks 6 & 8) • Bob Babbitt (track 4), Jackie Jackson (track 1) Tony Levin (tracks 2, 3 & 5–9) – bass • Steve Gadd (tracks 2, 3 & 6–9), Rick Marotta (tracks 4 & 5), Michael Richards (track 1) – drums • Raphael Cruz (track 5), Sammy Figueroa (track 5), Armen Halburian (tracks 2–9), Ralph MacDonald (tracks 2 & 3) – percussion • Seiko Fujisya, Kisaku Katada, Hiromitsu Katada – taiko (tracks 6 & 8) • Cissy Houston (tracks 1–5), Akiko Kosaka (track 9) – vocals • Eunice Peterson, Rannelle Braxton – backing vocals (track 1) • David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Guy Lumia, Richard Sortomme – violin (track 4) • Emanuel Vardi, Richard Maximoff – viola (track 4) • Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy – cello (track 4) ==Charts==

From the liner notes: "Cissy Houston. Only now is she beginning to emerge from her cocoon after so many years with the Drinkards and the Sweet Inspirations. Cissy...is showcased here like a star-in-waiting." ==See also==